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Selvina managed to form a reply after a bit of thought.  [color=gray]"I thank you for those things.  But you have to admit you tried to kill us a few weeks ago - and even though you investigated her yesterday, you never told me she broke up with her familiar ... I guessed it turned out all right, at least."[/color]

The joke though ... maybe it realy had just been intended to be a funny prank?  Even the foreigner she had met earlier didn't seem too upset about it - perhaps she had taken it a bit too seriously?  [color=gray]"Alright.  It was a little funny.  At least it was pretty."[/color]  Though she still crossed her arms.  [color=gray]"Although I expect better out of my familiar than such cheap humor.  I thought Sly incarnate would be able to do more than that, at least?"[/color]  Maybe a challenge would work better?

For a couple seconds she paused though.  [color=gray]"I also have purchased you the clothes you have requested and every day you have bought yourself meals reminiscent of your homeland because I'm kind enough to spare the coin to ease your homesickness."[/color]  The mage observed the fox on the windowsill for a couple of seconds before remembering their prior encounter.

Hadn't she felt the fear of trauma?

[color=gray]"Be honest though - are you afraid of being close and carried around and pampered because of your previous master?  Were they cruel to you?"[/color]  That was the mages best bet about what had happened there at least.  [color=gray]"... were you forced to serve them in vile ways against your will?"[/color]  It wasn't the best euphemism in the world, but the wizard simply couldn't bring herself to plainly asked if her familiar had been abused in an intimate sense.

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Maoin remained silent for a few seconds, but the dragon's pleas were ... the kitten found herself unable to snicker slightly as her ears perked up a bit, taking a solid bite of her delicious fish.  She ... she didn't know that Lady Sorcha was capable of acting in such a manner but ... it was somewhat child-like, wasn't it?  She found her watching Lady Lune in spite of herself and wondered how the knightess would respond.

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Meowka blinked as Katherine mentioned it was a fish restaurant.  Why not simply have a fish on a plate, then?  Though she didn't really resist as her mistress gave her a nice tug in that general direction and walked along with the token resistance of someone who was a little embarrassed.  Soon enough the two of them were dragged inside and the street cat sat down willingly as she once again found herself looking at the menu upside down.

Such strange things with their little markings.  Meowka wondered how these things were supposed to work exactly.  Though the slight ringing of a bell brought her eyes to attention.

As the waitress came by - a young dog girl of about fourteen with a thick collar on her neck and a bell attached to it - the cat gave her a slight scowl before asking for her meal demandingly.  [color=blue]"Something decent with lots of fish in it.  And some decent drink to go with it."[/color]  The poor puppy seemed confused, but Meowka's eyes silenced her as she decided to introduce herself after the preemptive order.

[b]"I'm Nikki and I'll be your waitress for the evening."[/b]  The poor girl seemed surprised by how Meowka asked for a meal before she even had said hello.  [b]"Is this your first time visiting the fish pan, miss?"[/b]  She gave Lady Katherine a big smile that cracked slightly - it was the practiced smile of a stressed out person in a food industry who would probably snap the moment they returned home.  [b]"If ... if it's not, is there anything I can get for you?"[/b]  She seemed a little thrown off by Meowka's game, but it seemed more along the lines of youthful uncertainty than true incompetency.